Although steep and rugged earlier on, the mountain path leading straight to the entrance of the highland also proved this point.
After all, if no one maintained it, there wouldn't be such a road leading directly to the highland.
But the expansion of civilization stopped here.
This seemingly robust, but actually only skin-deep wall, would make any commoner's head bleed if struck. In this highland infested with magic creatures, it's really just so much posturing.
Building is always harder than destroying. The fortress constructed here by spellcasters from Far Reach, when facing magic creatures of the Earth Element, isn't much stronger than a sand castle built by children.
Therefore, the walls that can truly withstand the Arcane Surge often require each brick to be engraved with magic patterns, and even the ground must have large arrays drawn on it to avoid being directly demolished by magic.
That is what counts as a truly massive project.
